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Colorlines Magazine

| September 01, 2006 | Lovato, Roberto | COPYRIGHT 2006 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

AS SHE MARCHED across Milwaukee's historic 16th Street viaduct, Christine Neumann-Ortiz knew she was linking political traditions. "We chose the bridge because that's where African Americans marched for housing and other civil rights in the '60s," said Ortiz, leader of Voces de la Frontera, the immigrant worker center that staged the May 1 march in Milwaukee. "It was important to make these connections."

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The march passed South Side churches built by 19th and early 20th century Polish and German immigrants. Their descendants forged one of the country's deepest, most well-rooted progressive histories--Milwaukee bricklayers and ...

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